Abstract
Terry Bradshaw made a name for himself as the star quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning four Super Bowls and twice earning the MVP award. Beyond his athletic success, Bradshaw has established himself as a true cultural icon through his ventures into television, movies, and music.
In Terry Bradshaw: From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality, Brett L. Abrams details the many personas of this larger-than-life entertainer. Not satisfied with “just” being a star quarterback, Bradshaw became an actor, commercial pitchman, country western and gospel singer, color commentator, and NFL pregame co-host. In addition to covering Bradshaw’s life and career, Abrams discusses the stereotypes Bradshaw faced and his ability to turn those preconceived notions into a positive, likeable, “down home” image that enabled him to find success across the entertainment industries. Ultimately, Bradshaw has become not only an iconic sports figure, but a cultural icon, as well.
Terry Bradshaw delivers a new and refreshing look at one of football’s most-recognized athletes. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with coaches, friends, coworkers, and football fans, this book illuminates Bradshaw’s celebrity status in the context of nearly 50 years of interacting with football fans and the larger American pop culture.
Schlagworte
NFL Super Bowl American football professional football tv personality national football league sports sports announcer steelers super bowl champion quaterback pittsburgh steelers players pop culture pop culture icons popular culture popular culture icons television personality pro football football football announcer greatest players football champion football greats football hall of fame football icons football player football stars hall of fame athelete country music best players iconic players broadcasting celebrity champion- 53–76 3 Two Golden Rings 53–76
- 159–180 8 Press Box View 159–180
- 243–250 Conclusion 243–250
- 251–288 Notes 251–288
- 289–298 Bibliography 289–298
- 299–310 Index 299–310
- 311–311 About the Author 311–311
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- „... have him join our staff of NFL announcers,” said Peter A.Lund, executive vice president of CBS Sports ...” „... athlete, whocould sell products that a regular sports announcer could not. He pre-dicted that athletes ...” „... lackof speaking abilities. Famous sports announcer Howard Cosell grum-bled in a talk to the Associated ...”
- „... Mae. A weeklater, Bradshaw received an award as Pittsburgh’s sports figure of theyear. He enjoyed the ...” „... a team to repeat as championof its sport. The reality is, as Bradshaw noted, players have busy ...” „... could to get him ready to play becausehe wanted to play, and the sport’s culture of playing while hurt ...”
- „... pregame football. A formerCBS Sports executive, O’Neil also knew Bradshaw could host othersporting events ...” „... net-work, sold mass-produced souvenirs on its sports collectibles show.Since its debut in the summer of ...” „... confessed to beinga “frustrated athlete” and said he would rather be a sports star like hisfriend Terry ...”
- „... J.Halberstam, “Top 50 Network TV Announcers,” January 30, 2009, YahooSports ...” „... 22,2016.11. “Sport: Eat ’Em Up, Get ’Em!” Time, September 27, 1976 ...” „... , FergusonSet Stage for Proflic Passing Attacks,” USA Today High School Sports, Sep-tember 3, 2015 ...”
- „... audiences. Print advertisements appeared in sports magazinesduring that time, but this changed once a ...” „... swimming in apool while the announcer exclaimed, “You too can have a full, robustlife with our toupee. Look ...” „... afternoon programWide World ofCHAPTER 6124Sports, producers created a mock three-day trout-fishing ...”
- „... than 40 percent of football fans thoughtthe new league would be good because competition in sports ...” „... during the offseason, participating intelevision sports events. In the 1970s, the television broadcasting ...” „... . The American Broadcasting Corpora-tion (ABC) hired Roone Arledge, who headed an inventive sports ...”
- „... theother hand, is an in-your-face kind of guy,” said CBS Sports executiveproducer Ted Shaker. The pair ...” „... reporters.Outside of the sport, the United States became embroiled in a war inthe Middle East.The locker room ...” „... opened the doors, literally, forfemale reporters. The ruling determined that keeping the Sports ...”
- „... field. While playing host, the Steelers routed the New YorkGiants, and one visiting sports columnist ...” „... leaders talked for years about building anew stadium for their sports teams, little happened. For many ...” „... Simpson was “less than a sensation as a pro.” But one of the deansof the sports columnists, Arthur Daley ...”